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Are Iraqis Ready To Throw Off Sectarian Ties?

Iraqi reporter Muntadhar al-Zeidi embraces his sister upon arrival at the Al-Baghdadya television station after his release from prison in Baghdad on Tuesday. The reporter who hurled his shoes at then-U.S. President George W. Bush was released from prison on Tuesday, his brother said.
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Shoe-Throwing Reporter Tells Tale Of Torture

Iraqi Humvees ready for patrol sit next to a U.S. military base where advisers and trainers live roughly 400 yards from Iraq's border with Iran, northeast of the city of Amara in Maysan province.
Peter Kenyon/NPR
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Portable Bomb Detector Prompts Debate In Iraq

Ashur Mohammed, 60, checks his land in Latifiyah, about 20 miles south of Baghdad, on July 9. Below-average rainfall and insufficient water in the Euphrates and Tigris rivers — something the Iraqis have blamed on dams in neighboring Turkey and Syria — have left Iraq bone-dry for a second straight year.
Hadi Mizban/AP
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Drought Withers Iraqi Farms, Food Supplies

Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki surveys damage to the foreign ministry building, five days after truck bombings struck in Baghdad, Iraq, on Aug. 19, 2009. The suicide bombings devastated the foreign and finance ministries, killing about 100 people and dealing a major blow to confidence in the country's security forces.
Karim Kadim/AP
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